I. Synthesizing Organic Molecules:

A Molecular Approach

• Biological molecules are joined together or broken apart by adding or removing water.

II. The Principal Types of Biological Molecules

Carbohydrates are sugars and starches. Agarose

Lipids are diverse molecules that are insoluble in water

An example of a lipid

Proteins play many roles in living organisms

 

Nucleic Acids form DNA and RNA, the molecules of heredity.

 
 

Read The New York Times article about "The Dead Zone" from 20-Jan-98

---

Back to Dave's Roanoke College HOMEPAGE

---

Last modified on: 31 January, 2000 by Dave Ussery